I don’t love it but I’m not a big chai drinker so it’s one that I keep in my office in a blend of random Adagio teas for when I’m running to an appointment and I need something quick. I don’t want to waste my good teas when I know I can’t sit down and enjoy the cup, so I kind of keep it stocked because it’s cheap and ok haha

Seriously. What is this permanent or essential teas? I’m constantly sampling. Well I guess I always have some season of Laoshan Green, Black and Tieguanyin. And I always have a dark oolong, preferably a Wuyi and a good Shu Pu’er or two.

Well…so far I don’t really have must keep stocked but there are a few contenders:

Blackberry Sage-Republic of Tea. (The one I got is looseleaf, which I hope ROT continues doing and I can continue getting it from the fruit market. If not though…the bagged version is ok.)
Blue Moon White-Unknown company. ( I may have to break my promise to myself about not being more tea til March, because I only got like 4 cups left.)
Victorian Earl Grey-Unknown.
Opus Rouge/Citrus-Lavender-Sage-Teavana
Maharajah Chai/Tulsi Dosha Chai-Teavana
Peach Tranquility-Teavana, (Though since I got a ton of it, I may not feel quite so warm towards it by the time I get to the end of it.)
I think I might feel the same with Tower of London, but we’ll see once I get another sample tin of it.
I have a ‘3 times’ rule: If I like it enough that I get it 3 times then it gets its own tin and becomes a staple tea. Though the 2 times it’s happened I ended up getting tired of the tea.